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Totally missed Monster Rancher for the PS1, that had a great gimmick. In the game monsters were summoned from these big stone disc things, but there was an option where instead of buying the stone discs in game, you could put any CD you could lay your hands on into the Playstation and it would create a monster based on the disc.

I seem to remember having an OPM demo disc which gave a really good monster and subsequently having to share it round my friends so that they could get the same monster. Reply+1

Well you could always set the audio level of voices to zero and turn on subtitles. Games normally allow for changing of the levels (I normally set the voices above everything else, but the opposite would work for you) Reply+3

@Olemak Funnily enough I was just thinking the exact opposite. In the last year or so there has been a massive resurgence of slower paced horror games, which from playing Alien isolation on a rift DK2, are a perfect fit. If anything, the VR sets may have missed their moment (content wise).

I also think that games like Heavy Rain or the telltale games would be great with VR. Stuff which is more normal for the most part maybe with fleeting moments of the extraordinary.

Games like Super Mario Galaxy, Captain Toad or the lego games could also be really cool with VR or AR. It could turn them into little toy boxes, which for Super Mario Galaxy could be stunning.

I actually think Facebook buying Oculus will help deal with the social acceptance. They'll make it seem cool to non-gamers, which will mean that people feel less weird about it.

The power thing may be true for Morpheus, but I remember reading somewhere (might be bull****) that because the effect of VR is so immersive, that they can get away with dropping some of the more demanding effects, which would help the frame rate. There are plenty of games which run at 1080/60 on the WiiU, so the PS4 should be able to handle slightly higher frame rates if they cut corners elsewhere. Reply0

There is already a work-around for doing this, which I read about ages ago. It involves setting up remote play and then logging in a second pad to a separate profile and using that pad to play the game. I'll look for the article/instructions.

@TheTrueSpin On the other hand, I got to play far more games that I ever have before. I would say it was one of the better expo's I've been to.

My highlight was absolutely bricking it playing Alien Isolation with the Oculus Rift. It is not my sort of game at all and I jumped out of my skin as the Alien came at me, but looking down as the colour faded and seeing the Alien's tail burst through my stomach was epic.

My only suggestion for improvement would be countdown timers for the dev playthroughs. With the Witcher 3, we managed to walk right in as it started, but we waited for ages to see AC Unity (made only more painful as most of what they showed has been available online for a month or so). Reply+1

The console mode on this could be amazing if the tablet was just a few years more powerful.

I'm imagining a situation where my tablet of choice is also a (very portable) home console. I can use it like an tablet when I'm out and about, but when I go to a mate's house we can connect it to their tv and 4 of us can play Mashed, Mario kart, or Fifa etc (the sort of games where couch co-op is just better than online).

There is so much potential for something amazing if they continue on this theme as the hardware gets more powerful.

If there was a proper standard for wireless controllers you wouldn't even need to rely on everyone having the controller for your specific platform, you could just connect whatever people had laying around; an xbox pad here and a playstation pad there etc. (I still can't believe that Sony haven't released something to allow for their controllers to work properly on mobile devices, especially seeing as there is a Playstation mobile store and they released a phone with a built in game pad). Reply0

@goldenboot76 To add to this, until you have a weapon that is at least uncommon (green background) you'll struggle with the crucible or any strikes, but there is a guy in the tower (out in the courtyard bit to the left of where you start) who can build things from schematics, but he also sells schematics. Once you unlock some of his more advanced plans and can get a decent weapon the game becomes a lot more interesting.

Like Borderlands, this game is only ever as fun as the gun you are using. If you have a naff gun, it's all just feels a bit grindy.

That being said, I spent every spare minute I had playing the game over the weekend, even when my guns were rubbish. It's just so fun to explore. Reply+3

@gizmo To be honest, I'd say that a bigger factor is how much I enjoy a game.

There are plenty of games that I've paid for that I never completed because I just didn't enjoy them. On the other hand there are loads of games I've had for free that I've played right to the end.

The fact that NFS most wanted was on PS+ actually made me complete it because I was enjoying playing it with everyone on my friends list with PS+. I'd paid for the PC version previously and got bored after the first 20 or so races.

I think MP games are the best fit for a freebie system, because it makes it all the more likely that your friends will also have them. Reply+1

@FruitBatCop Don't forget to check for any cross buy games that you may have bought. I found I had a load of stuff that I had never got around to playing that was cross buy, I've ended up playing a lot of those games on my Vita. Reply+1

@grassyknoll The first I've heard of micro transactions in this game was you mentioning them. I thought I'd been keeping up to date with this game, but apparently I've missed something.

I'm not being smarmy; do you have a link to an article citing this? (I just did a control+F on this article and I don't think I missed it. Eurogamer are usually pretty quick to point out IAP's and microtransactions).

I think it is pretty disgusting for a game that you've paid for to have ads or IAP's, but I quite enjoy DLC when done right. From what you've mentioned it is definitely sounding more like IAP's rather than decent DLC. Reply+1

I asked my dad for his virgin account number last year and it took him so long to find out what it was that all of those tickets had gone and I ended up paying full price for two tickets.

Sad face!

This year I have the details safe and sound. Haha!

I've been every year and enjoyed it each time, though my favourite one will always be the first one, playing GTI Club on a set of PS3's on a lan playing bomb mode. No one was touching it, but the three of us that went started playing together and a few randomers joined later, it was great.

It would be good if there were a few more set ups like that. The NFS and asscreed MP games usually do it, but they aren't that same frantic fun of bomb tag. Any small competitive indie game would work really.

Edit: I'm also going to bloody well remember to take my 3DS this year for spot passing while I queue for stuff. Reply+1